Advertising novelty



Patented Se t. 2, 1924.

SOLOMON BRUCE, OFfLOS AN GELES, CALIFORNIA.

. ADVERTISING NOVELTY. Y

Application filed September To all whom it may concern. I,

Be it known that I, SOLOMON BRUCK, a

;;citizen of the United States of America, and

resident of Los Angeles, in the State of California. and United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Novelties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in advertisingnovelties and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, attractive and effective device of this characterwlth means for readily attaching it to the lapel of a coat and that will at once drawthe attention of the public.

Further objects are to providean attracr tive advertising novelty of this character formed from a silk cocoon to represent a human head and having streamers t rep-re- :ent a goatee or moustache and on which advertising matter can be printed. Further ob ects are to provide an advertising novelty of this character formed from a hollow shell with a downy coating there- 1 on and manipulated to reproduce in appearance a human head and face having, in the place of a goatee or moustache, streamers attached designed to carry advertising matter. With the foregoing andother objects in view, the invention consists essentially, in

the embodiment of it herein illustrated and described, of a Chinamans head formed from a silk cocoon or hollow shell offlexible material with a downy coating thereon and provided with advertising streamers to take the place of upper or lower lip whiskers and fitted with means for attaching the device t a coat lapel or otherwise Referring now to the drawings, in which like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each figure,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an embodiment of my device in the form of a Chinamans head.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Figure 8 is a longitudinal section, showing the split in the cocoon adapted to form the mouth.

In the drawings, 10 designates a silk'cocoon or shell of flexible material with suit able coating thereon and which is here de signed to reproduce the head and face of a C-hinaman, in combination with a slit 11 therein adapted to form the mouth, the re maining features, including the eyes, eyebrows and nose, being drawn on the surs, 1923; Serial No. 661,640.

' faceof the cocoon, while to form the hair or pigtail 12, in this case, it is only neces sary to usea pointed instrument on the cocoon to ralse the silk thereon, which can then be twisted or curled to represent hair' to suit. the head and face which it is desired to reproduce. In the same way, by scratch- I ing the surface of the cocoon with a pointed instrument, a pin or the like, the silk thereon can be raised and then formed into side whiskers or the like. H

In short, with the combination of the slit forming the mouth and thedrawing to represent the eyes andthe nose, practically any type of face can be reproduced by manipulating the silk .on'the cocoon, a face and head with a lot of hair or with very little, with a beard, if necessary, or without,

and so on. p 7 a On the lower end, which represents the chin, is provided, if necessary, according to the face to be reproduced, also, as above mentioned, by scratching the .surface of the cocoon, any formation or extent of beard '13 and beneath or above the lower lipareattached a pair ofnarrow streamers, 14 of any suitable colour, length orform which' may be designed to represent a goatee or a moustache and which are adapted to carry advertising matter.

.At the back of the head are the fastening means inthe form of a pin 15 adapted to attachthe cocoon to the coat lapel or any other prominent place. I .1 By squeezing the cocoon with the thumb and forefinger on each side of the mouth, it

will open and close and taken altogether embodies, as above described, a very true and fascinating reproduction of a Chinamans head. I

While here shown to represent a Chinamans head, the device, 'by very little altera- I tion of the features and by manipulating the silk or other coating on the she-ll, can be adapted to reproduce the head of any particular nationality or any ordinary human head and face, the idea being the production of an attractive and original device that when seen will at once arouse the curiosity of people generally, who will want to know all about it and what it represents, which information can be silently supplied by the printed matter, on the streamers.

As many changes'could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention within. the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. lVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. An advertising novelty comprising a silk cocoon having features depicted thereon to represent the human face, a slit for the mouth, elongated streamers adhesively attached adjacent. the mouth, and pin means for attaching the device to a coat lapel or otherwise.

2-. An advertising novelty consisting of a silk cocoon having drawn thereon the upper human features and suitably slotted to form the mouth, the silk on the cocoon being manipulated to form hair where required and a pair of streamers cent-rally secured beneath the mouth to represent a goatee or above the mouth to represent a moustache and adapted to carry advertising matter, means for securing the cocoon to the lapel of a coat or otherwise.

3. A novelty of the character described comprising a Chinamans head and face formed from a silk cocoon, a slot in the cocoon for the mouth, the nose and eyes being traced thereon in any suitable manner,

a pigtail or otherwise being provided by manipulating the silk on the cocoon and advertising streamers in the place of whiskers secured below the mouth and pin means carried by the cocoon for securing it on the person.

4;. An advertising novelty of the character described comprising a hollow flexible shell having a coatingof down or the like and designed, in combination with a slot and a drawing of the upper features, to reproduce a human head and face, hair on the face and head being produced from said coating,

tising matter on said streamers and pin attaching means carried by the shell.

5. An advertising novelty of the character described comprising a hollow shell having a coating of down or the like adapted on being scratched to represent hair on any desired part of the shell, a slot in said shell adapted to form a mouth and designed, in combination with the other human features traced on the shell, to form the human face, advertising streamers carried by the shell and adapted to be attached above or below said slot to form, respectively, a moustache or a goatee and whereby on the goatee being pulled the slot or mouth is opened and when the streamers are released automatically closed and attaching means carried by the device.

6. An advertising novelty comprising a hollow shell with human features depicted thereon, and having a slit therein and streamers associated. with the slit.

7. An advertising novelty comprisinga shell having a downy covering and adapted to represent a head with features depicted thereon, and having a slit to represent a.

mouth, and streamers associated with said mouth.

8. An advertising novelty comprising a flexible shellshaped to represent a head and having features depictedthereon and provided with a downy covering, a slit to rep resent a mouth, and streamers associated with said mouth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of a witness.

SOLOMON BRUoK. lVitness: W. T. CUFF QUIN. 

